A single, one-off version of the BMW M3 bearing the name BMW M3 Tribute to Alex Zanardi was presented during the EICMA 2026 exhibition, in memory of Italian racing driver Alex Zanardi.
The timing ties two occasions together: it falls on the sixtieth anniversary of Zanardi's birth, and it comes 40 years after the M3 was launched.
Details of the special version
The company said the special version received no mechanical modifications at all, with the engine and the chassis kept exactly as they are.
Racing career
Zanardi won the CART World Series championship in 1997 and 1998.
In 2001 he suffered a severe crash at the Lausitzring circuit that cost him both legs, and he died on the first of May 2026.
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